He can play in multiple positions, he could play Pogba in yesterday's role, he could play Bruno's, he could play Elangas. He's ridiculously versatile and very effective. Remember we need a sqaud as well.
Christopher Nkunku to Chelsea | Confirmed
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He genuinely could play any front 3 position or No10 or a very progressive 8. He’s also a hard worker in the front line which is something we need if we’re to pursue high pressing and intense football.
Looking at his skills profile he’s outstanding at finding space to receive the ball, creating and finishing compared to any forward or am/winger in world football.
Come on, man. We don’t need “he can play here, he can play there” stuff again — how are you guys still doing this? We need specialist players who will actually complement something resembling a cohesive attack. We should absolutely no longer be paying extortionate amounts for a player we have no real idea as to where he’s going to play next season.
As of right now for the past however many games I can be bothered to go back to look at their line-ups, he plays alongside Andre Silva in a 2 man strike force. How that translates to him being able to play in central midfield to replace Pogba, I have no idea. I have zero doubt that a right footer who wants to play far closer to the goal wouldn’t do much to replace Elanga on the right, either.
We do need a squad. That’s going to hopefully be players like McTominay, Elanga etc. when we sign direct replacements for them.
Don’t get me wrong, I get it. Nkunku looks like a super talent right now (Bundesliga tax aside). But we have so many other fish to fry. We shouldn’t be in this race unless the new manager has specifically said this is the guy he wants.
As of right now for the past however many games I can be bothered to go back to look at their line-ups, he plays alongside Andre Silva in a 2 man strike force. How that translates to him being able to play in central midfield to replace Pogba, I have no idea. I have zero doubt that a right footer who wants to play far closer to the goal wouldn’t do much to replace Elanga on the right, either.
We do need a squad. That’s going to hopefully be players like McTominay, Elanga etc. when we sign direct replacements for them.
Don’t get me wrong, I get it. Nkunku looks like a super talent right now (Bundesliga tax aside). But we have so many other fish to fry. We shouldn’t be in this race unless the new manager has specifically said this is the guy he wants.
Look at his stats for the front 4 positions this season, they're very good all across the positions, including RW and ST, two positions which we need to upgrade also.
The point kinda is that he could be a specialist for any of those front 4 spots. With Rashford out of form we are missing a top percentile progressive pass receiver and penalty box receiver. Nkunku has shown over a long period he is capable of finding those spaces to receive the passes.
So did Sancho’s when he was in the same league. He turns up here and it was an “oh actually he can only play as a right sided interior false winger we has a marauding right wingback like Hakimi behind him”.
I’m tired, Robbie. Just give me a left footed right winger who can take his man on and contribute some decent G/A’s and a no.9 with some mobility and a bit of link-up.
That’s Antony. We should be signing them both. We have Ronaldo who is going to still play a lot of games - Nkunku can offer competition up top but also play alongside him. He’s a total no brainer.
Antony and Nkunku/David then?
Perhaps, it sounds okay to me.
I’m not trying to shit on the entire idea of Nkunku, I just think as a team we’re a fair bit away from making more ‘complicated’ signings for our attack. We need to get the basic skeleton sorted first. Sometimes simplicity is key.
I look at Liverpool for instance and they’ve got one geezer for the right, two for the left, and two who play as a false 9. Currently we have three wingers who all want to play on the left, and two old strikers. I get where the point of signing Nkunku for the sake of options comes from, but I’d rather we sort the easy mess out first.
In another thread, I said my dream summer is Nkunku, Antony, a DM and a CM. Antony would be the left footed RW you're looking for, Nkunku can be played as a ST, giving us an interchanging front 3/4.
I suppose we only really differ on our view of how complicated Nkunku would be to fit into a system then which is fair enough.
Yeah, but originally, they signed Firmino for their attack and I'd say they have similarities. He didn't come as a false 9. If Nkunku was our only signing, I'd agree I wouldn't be signing him. With the amount of attackers leaving/unavailable next season we'll be getting more than just him.
Funnily enough, Mane's best position was on the right. Cancelo is a right-back, who is having an excellent season on the left. I think people would do well, if they'd stop thinking in such rigid terms of what someone's best position is, especially with players like Nkunku and Sancho, who have shown they can play multiple positions. I am all for signing specialists, the way we tried to address our right wing, since Valencia and Nani have declined has been atricious. Mata, di Maria, Mhkitaryan, and James have all been failures, one way or the other, that still shouldn't stop us from going for Nkunku, especially if the new manager has a plan for him, that might involve not playing him on the right.
Another goal and assist playing up top. 3-0 HT.
We have to buy him to replace Bruno. Ralf best have a word.
nkunku, nunez and antony this summer would make our attack look so much better.
Yup. It’s the dream trio for me. As usual to afford what needs to be done this summer it comes down to who we can offload and we’re utterly useless at that.
Aggression and willingness to impress. I like it.
With the huge amount of players leaving this summer we should be able to easily afford it.
Obviously no CL will hurt, but Pogba's wage alone should be able to cover those 3 etc.
They're signings we used to make. Young, hungry but talented and wanting to push on for bigger things.
Instead of the ageing stars we should be filling the team with players like this. Budget wise we should be looking at around 150m this summer? I think that's achievable.
Hopefully another CM or 2 if the Glazers are really serious.
Yes, what we really need among all our players who can't pass a football, is a worse Lukaku in every which way.
In general, how did he perform today as up top alone?
Yeah he’s raw but he can worked on. He’ll be getting a better education than if we was buying him under Jose or Ole for instance.
how many times have you actually seen him? or just going by what people say?
he scored a hattrick this weekend, i'd take that over Ronaldo who cant pass a football or score a goal
Peak Pele wouldn’t score a goal in this team. Our midfield sucks and our wingers can’t create an inch of space.
He's the real deal, my dream signing with Antony for the summer along with a DM and CM.
Rangnick - John, how about that talent Nkunku at Leipzig would be a great signing.
Murtough - Who!?
Murtough - Who!?
No to clumsy strikers who can't offer much on the ball, I would prefer playing without one.
Murtough will know everything about Nkunku, because our French youth scout (Jerome Klein) was at PSG for 13 years working in their academy, and was part of the team that brought young Nkunku to PSG and developed him at the French club.
you need to be able to do more than just tap in a few goals in the premier league unfortunately. Lukaku is showing the same.
I’m sure Murtough knows about talented players that you will probably only start writing Redcafe posts on years from now.
He’s much better on the ball than Lukaku, for one he is a pretty good dribbler, and hounds and presses defenders like a madman. The comments about his quality on the ball is overstated. He isn’t any less technical than Haaland and who would reject him?
If there was one player Nunez reminded me off it would be Cavani in his Serie A days, he is capable of some great moments of skill that may surprise people as well as being strong fast and a good finisher.
Im not thaat knowledgeable on Nunez or Nkunku or other younger attacking talents we are loosely linked with. But from what Ive seen, Nkunku looks the business.
This, i so hope we sign them two. The DM and CM though, I have no idea who the club would go for and in truth there don't seem to be many good fits about.
Murtough is shite until there is evidence to suggest otherwise.
Never seen him play but I would love a young Cavani.
Would be delighted with two of them, quite honestly even one sees an improvement
Funny, he says the same about you
and you have evidence that hes shite do you?What type of player is he? Who is an ex player that is similar to him?
I'm just asking because I'm craving a proper false 9 in our squad and wondering if he can do that.
I'm just asking because I'm craving a proper false 9 in our squad and wondering if he can do that.
Salah/Mane/Foden-ish.
I think quite a few in here is worried about hil being more effective on the left. Not sure that is the case. Several of his games this season has been behind a striker next to another AMC often playing as the «right sided» AMC.
Seems very versatile too. Being used in several position with great success. Seems very interesting. But of course, all these Bundesliga-attackers (Werner, Sancho, Mhiki) struggeling in the PL makes you a bit vary.
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